General
- Extension
- .saarland
- Type
- Regional extension
- Meaning
- Saarland
- Registry
- dotSaarland GmbH
- Registry website
- www.nic-saarland.de
- Registered since
- 20 March 2014
- ICANN agreement
- since 12 December 2013
Properties
- DNSSEC signed
- yes
- Name servers
- 4 (4 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.saarland
- RDAP server
- rdap.centralnic.com/saarland
- At 1blu
- available to order directly
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Any natural or legal person.
- Length
- 1 to 63 characters.
- Characters
- a–z, 0–9, hyphen and ä, ö and ü. No hyphen at the beginning or end.
- Allocation
- First come, first served.
- Term
- 1 to 10 years; renewal at most up to a remaining term of 10 years.
- Blocked names
- Blocked and reserved names are not available.
- Transfer
- With an auth code (auth info) under the ICANN Transfer Policy. A lock period applies after a new registration or transfer.
- After expiry
- Restore possible during the Redemption Grace Period (ICANN rules).
- Disputes
- ICANN Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP).
The registry's current rules are binding: www.nic-saarland.de.
Sources: dotSaarland: General registration policies (28 February 2014) · dotSaarland: Naming policies · ICANN Transfer Policy · ICANN UDRP · IANA Root Zone Database: .saarland · As of 25 October 2026